Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3088201-20130415014952/@comment-1427879-20130415033312

I think I can see your point, Niko. My only problem is your terminology. You see, I consider myself to be anti-social. I'm an introvert and that means that there are times when I really really don't want to deal with other people. I also prefer only a certain amount of people at events (though most of the time I have no control over this). If another user also has a tendency to keep to himself and only speak when he finds something interesting or another person speaks to him, then I can totally understand where he's coming from. Changing the protocol to somehow force less sociable users to interact with others would not only be hard to control, but also rude to those of us who are more introverted. If they have signed up and gotten a profile to interact with others who share similar tastes, then I think that's quite a good  step to take in a sociable situation.

As for the respect thing, that's a tricky subject. In the protocol (it might even already be there) we can put that people should respect others with common courtesy. If someone doesn't respect you back or they don't meet up to your expectation of a decent human being, it can be very hard to respect them and I totally understand. If they're being very disrespectful, you can report it to the admins, but otherwise, just try to let it roll off your shoulders. Respect them as much is appropriate, but don't go out of your way to interact with them if they won't respect you for doing that. I hope this helps!